My!Laika is a circus company founded in 2009 to create pieces of movement, music and image. The shows are the result of long chains of distorted associations, which place the disciplines and artistic affections of the actors in a context of amoral theater, avoiding linear narrative and immediate understanding.
The first show Popcorn Machine, following the debut and recognition of Jeunes Talents Cirque 2010, tours numerous theaters and big tops in Europe and abroad. The company has performed in prestigious contexts such as Avignon, Grec Festival in Barcelona, the Teatro-Circo Price in Madrid, the Festival of the Arts in Valparaiso, Circa in Auch and several national scenes. My!Laika also engages in more alternative festivals such as Fusion and At.tension Festival (Lärz), Cirkobalcana (Belgrade and Zagreb), Mischto (Nancy), Jetlag Festival (Amsterdam, Toulouse), Valdemone Festival (Sicily) and many others.
The second project Kunst-Cirque of the company is the creation of a circus tent: Side Kunst-Cirque (2014). Entirely self-produced, the circus travels around Europe with Popcorn Machine in tent version and the new shows, created especially for Side: Dekalé (2014), Radio Tagadà (2015), Stupid Palace (2017), Laerte (2019). June 2022 sees the premiere of the show Winter, which joins Laerte in the current tours. Domoi (Домой) is an in-situ show that adapts to the space each time. As such, each performance of this show is a "premiere", allowing for a very flexible cast.
Following the commission of the Fusion festival in Germany for the inauguration of the big top "La Balena", the company produced the large-format show La Soirée (2021) which continues its tour of theaters and tents in Europe.
My!Laika is currently in the finalization phase of the performances Duet and No Magic (2024) and plans a new creation called Dolores in 2025. Parallel to its artistic activities, the company organizes performing arts events such as the Jetlag festival (ADM Amsterdam, La Virgule Toulouse and RPT Nancy), the NoTheater festival (in Tuscany with Teatro i Macelli), Kontrast (in Catalonia with Konvent Circ) and Città di Circo (in Bologna with Forum Nuovi Circhi), Aléas (in Fribourg/Switzerland with Tour Vagabonde) and Sbaam (in Brianza with Play Juggling and Spazio Bizarro).
The Company has directed the feature film A Domestic Apocalypse (film version of the show Popcorn Machine) in 2020, the short film The Buonarotti Complex (with Sarabanda Genova) in the same year and Just Another Storm(inspired by the show Laerte) in 2021.
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